Wams Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Wams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 339 | 1:49,815 | 8,537 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wams (39) may also be a first name.
Wams Demographics
Average Wams Salary in
Canada
$43,711 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Wams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wams Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wams is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wams.
How Common Is The Last Name Wams? popularity and diffusion
Wams is the 718,674th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Wams are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wams is also the 1,637,361st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 49,815. In The Netherlands Wams is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 15 percent are found, North Holland, where 15 percent are found and Overijssel, where 15 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Wams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wams has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wams Last Name Statistics demography
Wams earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.02% less than the national average, earning $43,711 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamms | 89 | 102 | / |
| Weams | 89 | 102 | / |
| Wamse | 89 | 12 | / |
| Wgams | 89 | 3 | / |
| Wamns | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wuams | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wamsh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waims | 89 | 0 | / |
| Waems | 89 | 0 | / |
| Vwamse | 80 | 128 | / |
| Wasems | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wamshe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waamss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watims | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wammss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wheams | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weamss | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wans | 75 | 1,381 | / |
| Bams | 75 | 765 | / |
| Wems | 75 | 21 | / |
| Vams | 75 | 16 | / |
| Woms | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wamz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Uams | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wamx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waahams | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weems | 67 | 13,993 | / |
| Beams | 67 | 2,607 | / |
| Womse | 67 | 526 | / |
| Wains | 67 | 311 | / |
| Wanse | 67 | 285 | / |
| Baums | 67 | 216 | / |
| Wansh | 67 | 166 | / |
| Wayns | 67 | 91 | / |
| Baams | 67 | 76 | / |
| Bahms | 67 | 49 | / |
| Weans | 67 | 43 | / |
| Vamns | 67 | 37 | / |
| Weims | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vamsh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wemms | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wooms | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baims | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bamsh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vaims | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wanås | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wanns | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vamms | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bam's | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vamse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weyms | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vamsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whoms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wammz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wamce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whems | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wansz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vaums | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woems | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wams
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